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Related: About this forumLabour's Denis Healey dies at 98
Former chancellor Denis Healey has died at the age of 98, his family has announced.
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His family said he died peacefully at his home in Sussex on Saturday morning, after a short illness.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted: "Denis Healey was a Labour giant whose record of service to party and country stands as his testament. All our thoughts are with his family."
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Current Chancellor George Osborne tweeted: "Sad to hear that Denis Healey has died at 98. A giant of the Labour movement + Chancellor in the most difficult circumstances
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34434378
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His family said he died peacefully at his home in Sussex on Saturday morning, after a short illness.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted: "Denis Healey was a Labour giant whose record of service to party and country stands as his testament. All our thoughts are with his family."
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Current Chancellor George Osborne tweeted: "Sad to hear that Denis Healey has died at 98. A giant of the Labour movement + Chancellor in the most difficult circumstances
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34434378
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Labour's Denis Healey dies at 98 (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2015
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)1. Rest in peace
non sociopath skin
(4,972 posts)2. I didn't agree with everything he said or did ....
.... and - speak it softly - I didn't vote for him in '81.
But unlike certain other characters I could name, I always thought of him as "one of Ours".
May he sleep well.
The Skin
LeftishBrit
(41,203 posts)3. I am sorry to hear that.
He was one of our best politicians.
At least, he lived to a ripe old age.
T_i_B
(14,735 posts)4. RIP to a great politician